| Edition |
New and expanded ed. |
| Description |
xxv, 426 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cautionary tales from the strange world of women's studies. Introduction to the world of women's studies -- Cautionary tales from women who walked away -- Ideology and identitiy : playing the oppression sweepstakes -- Proselytizing and policing in the feminist classroom -- Semantic sorcery : rhetoric overtakes reality -- Biodenial and other subversive stratagems -- "Mirror, mirror on the wall" : feminist self-scrutiny -- Cults, communes and clicks -- From dogma to dialogue : the importance of liberal values -- Women's studies in the new millennium. Rhetoric and reality in women's studies / Patai. Unmentionables. Hierarchy is a "guy" thing. Where's the patriarchy? Dissenting voices. Recruiting adherents. Policing the academy / Patai. Feminist pedagogy redux. "Antifeminist intellectual harassment" Why not a feminist overhaul of higher education? Protecting some speech. Going "Bolivarian" with a feminist twist. New sexual orthodoxies. Feminists take on science : tilting with the evil empire / Koertge. Feminist incursions into science pedagogy. The empire fights back : Gross, Levitt, and Sokal. Three exemplars of post-science wars writings : Schiebinger, Potter, and Fausto-Sterling. The chilly climate within women's studies for science students. Women's studies vis-a-vis science studies? Conclusion. |
| Subject |
Women's studies -- United States.
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Women's studies. |
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United States. |
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Feminism and education -- United States.
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Feminism and education. |
| Added Author |
Koertge, Noretta.
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| ISBN |
0739104551 paperback ; alkaline paper |
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0739104543 hardcover alkaline paper |
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